Jessica Chastain (1981 - )The Tree of Life(2011) [Mrs. O'Brien]: Appears as a body in a glass coffin in an imaginary sequence, as her son (Hunter McCracken) contemplates the concept of mortality. Possibly she dies (off-screen) at some point between the 1950s scenes and the present-day scenes; at the end of the movie, she is shown meeting with her now-grown son (Sean Penn), but it's open to interpretation whether this is a vision, an afterlife experience, or a symbolic scene.Back to C IndexBack to Main Index